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A Level Socialism
A Level Socialism
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For an AQA A Level Political ideology course, looking at key ideas and key thinkers
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1
Thus, Euro communists are evolutionary socialists
Incorrect
Correct
I...I don't know. I got the last question wrong
2
Which thinker believed that there should NOT be more public ownership but more public spending
Rosa Luxembourg
Antony Crosland
Beatrice Webb
Antony Giddens
3
Which socialists believe that the role of society determines our nature
Revolutionaries, like Luxembourg
Revisionists, like Giddens
All of the above
Marxists, like Engels
4
Evolutionary socialists believe that revolution should be...
Achieved peacefully, through the exisiting constitutional system
Done radically and violently
5
Give one criticism of the fundamentalist socialists view of society
Society would never overthrow capitialism
Class structure more complex than just the Proletariat and the Bourgeoisie
We are all egotistical, so we do not work well in a society together
6
Marxist socialists believe that human nature is...
Cooperative
Self-interested
Open to manipulation by the economic systems it lives under
Frail and Flawed
7
Rosa luxembourg was a
Revisionist socialist
Revolutionary socialist, disagreed with violence
Evolutionary socialist, advocated violence
Revolutionary socialist, advocated violence
8
'Dialectical change' and the 'inevitablity of gradualism' are the same thing
True
False
9
Classical marxists believe that revolution is....
Inevitable
Gradual
Unnecessary
Essential
10
What is a 'collectivist' economy?
The means of and distribution of goods are controlled by the people
Neo-liberal economics
A keynsian economy
An economy whereby everything is privatised
11
What is 'Historical Materialism?'
A term to descibe historical events which never materialised
The material goods produced in history
Each stage of history is defined by a clash of economic ideas
12
What type of economics does Crosland advocate?
Enseyian
Austerity
Complete state ownership
Keynesian
13
Stateless communism has been achieved before
True
False
14
Overall Socialists and Liberals have a [ ] view of human nature
NEGATIVE view of human nature
POSTIVE view of human nature
15
Who believed that universal suffrage was essential in society
Friedrich Engels
Beatrice Webb
16
Which strand believe that capitalism 'sickens' society, thus must be abolished
Social democratic socialists
Fundamentalist socialists
Revisionist socialists
17
What are the three states all socialists reject?
The Monarchical State
The Theocratic State
The Artistocratic State
All of the above ;)
18
Beatrice Webb helped to draft the 1918 Labour Clause IV
True
False
19
ALL Socialists believe that human nature is...
Irrational
Alturistic
Easily swayed by economic systems
Improvable/'plastic'
20
What is 'triangulation'?
The belief that everything should be in the shape of a triangle
Neo-liberal economics and approach to welfare/society
Realising Thatcher's privatisation and moving forward
Neo-liberal economics + socialist approach to welfare/society
21
Socialists believe that human nature CAN prosper under capitalism
False
True
22
Who termed the phrase 'historical materialism'?
Sorel
Lenin
Hobbes
Marx
23
How is the Third Way justified?
It will create inequalities
It will cater to the ruling class
It was under Blair, so it must be good
It will produce a greateer tax yield = more public spending
24
Euro communists believe that capitalism could be gradually decommissioned via parliamentary methods
True
False
25
All socialists are committed to equality of outcome
False
True
26
Which thinker believes that paternalism is NOT a solution to inequality
Antony Giddens
Samuel Smiles
Antony Crosland
Beatrice Webb
27
Revisionist socialists believe that there can be private ownership in society
True
False
28
What is the 'Redistributionist Doctrine'?
Making everyone have the same wages
Giving the rich more money
Redistributing wealth via a strong state
29
Socialists have an overall positive view of utopia
False
True
30
Luxembourg's main argument was...
We should not revolt, instead there should be gradual reform
status in the exisiting political system = good way to promote revolution
The state must be replaced by a workers economy
There must be an immediate change via strike action
